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THE ROME TRIBUNE. VOL. VI. NO. 1.950 SAM W. SMALL, » He Has a Tough Time With His New Paper. WANTS TO GO TO SENATE, While He Is Off on a Lecturing Tour His Associates En gage in a Battle. New York, Feb. 12—A special tc The World from Oklahoma City says: Just one month ago Rev. Samuel Small, the Georgia evangelist, began the pnbli — cation of a daily paper here. He had been conducting a revival here for some months, and, becoming convinced that there was a great future in store for this territory, he decided to live here. Being a bosom friend of Secretary Smith, he started his organ as the official organ of I of the administration in the territory, : and made a great flourish. He had run his paper but a week when ; the church people found him to be un true to his teachings in the pnlpit, for he published his daily both Sunday ami Monday mornings, and they began to withdraw their patronage? At the Perry Statehood convention the Democrats became convinced that Small ■was on the track for the United States senate and they began to knife him vig orously. A week ago the funds of the newspaper began to tun low and Small went to Texas to lecture -and preach to raise money to keep the paper going. In the meantime a row started among his associate managers and editors whc were at home. Judge Rock, an anti administration Democrat,-on the edito rial force, slipped in a bogus dispatch assailing Governor Renfrow on the statehood question. Business Manager Reynolds and the telegraph editor wired t Governor Renfrow that-the thing was a fake and determined to have an apology in the paper next morning. Rock, Frank McMasters and Judge Witten, all associate editors, determined not to have the apology printed. A pitched bar; e ensued, the police being called to >quell the riot. The feeling is so bitter that now the ! paper is being issued with a police officer in charge of the office to keep peace, while it is thought that Small has become disgusted with the whole outfit and will not return at all. although he is being wired for about three times a day. Death of a Wealthy i*rie£t. Erie, Pa., Feb. 12.—-Very Rev. Tho mas Casey, vicar general of the Erie dio cese, is dead. He had been a vicar gen eral of the Erie diocese 14 years. Ho was a man of means from the time he attained his majority, and at his father’s death he was made very wealthy. He invested with great success qnd gave all his earnings to charity an 1 for the relief of his poor parishoners. In addition to giving between .§3,000 and §5,000 a year, in small sums, he built the Old People’s home lor Catholics, partially built St. Vincent's hospital, was the main factor , in tlie building of St. Joseph’s Orphan asylum and a year ago erected an 1 gave to the Sisters of St. Joseph the Villa Maria .academy, worth §150.000. When the smallpox scourge of 1871-’72 fell upon his parish he was nurse, physician, priest and undertaker, and for six months la bored night and day without flinching, although he was then worth §IOO,OOO. His estate now, in spite of his liberality, is estimated to be worth a quarter of a million. •Opposed to tbe ’Wilson Bill. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 12.—Thecom mittee of the Commercial club, of thia city, charged with prosecuting the fight against the alleged disastrous and dis criminating features of the Wilson bill, have met and formulated an answer to the circular of questions sent out by Sen tor Voorhees, chairman of the senate finance committee. The committee also passed a resolution urging upon all of the people of Alabama that the crisis of the fate of the bill is near at hand, and ; to write or telegraph the Alabama sena-; tors, appealing for the safety of home j instructions and home wages. All or -1 ganizatlons in the district ar® urged to I meet and to take the prompt action 100..- j ing to tlie defeat of free coal and iron. ; Prominent Ministers Resign. ' Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 12.—The preachers of two of Birmingham’s larg i est congregations have given notice oi b their intention to resign their respective * charges. Rev. Hugh K. Walker, of the First Presbyterian church, will go to Ba’i i more, where he will take a large church. He is one of the most talented and popular ministers whoever presided over a congregation here and his people are distressed. Rabbi Ullman will also relinquish his pulpit. He is a scholarly preacher, and is greatly beloved by hi flock. Ho will engage in another voca tion in the city. Political War Paint. Perry, Ga., Feb. 12.—The Third party people of Houston will soon put > on their political war paint for the 1894 campaign. They are calculating to have candidates in the field for every county office. Mr. W. L. Carr, one of the lead ing Populists of Houston, was in Peny Tuesday, and he says his party will con test for every office within the gift of the people-, f rom constable to president. Democrats must trim their sails accord ingly. If their calculations are the basis of positive action, lively times are just ahead. ill Aot Throw Mini. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 12.—Senator M. C. Butler, speaking of his rave for )•<,-1 ► election says: “As for my part the cam paign before the people will be a dis cussion of national issues, not mud throwing and personalities, and 1 do not propose to submit to it from my op nosers. whoever thev mav be. of which 1 will serve notice at tlie proper time, I have devoted the best years of my life to ' the service of my state, and whatever ambition I may have had has been fully satisfied, as I have been in the senate for a number of years. Under ordinary circumstances I might never have been a candidate for re-election, but Ido not propose to be made the victim of bossism or any clique or ring. I have a duty to perform to the people of my state, and I am going to do it. I shall go about it fearlessly, but respectfully, and I am not losing any sleep over what my po litical fate will be. As what ambition I might have had is satisfied, that is a matter of small moment.” A Cruel Father. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 12.— A second suicide by drowning within a fortnight was frustrated by Deputy Sheriff Joe Anderson at thevnorth end of the Tennessee river county bridge. Liz zie Schraud’r, a simple minded but pretty girl of 19, was driven from her father's door with an oath for keeping company with John Walker, a boat hand about 16 years old. She sought to end her sorrows by jumping from the bridge into the river. She threw her gloves in first and was climbing over the railing when the officer caught her. The girl struggled and begged of her captor to be permitted to drown herself, as everybody’s door was closed to her. Her father is Hermon Schrauder, an ex- Baptist minister, and reputed to be very cruel to his children. The War in Honduras. San Salvador, Feb. 12.—A message from Tegucigalpa says that President Vasquez’s army has made a brilliant sortie against the "beseigers, during which over 100 of the enemy were kill ed. Vasquez drove Bonilla and Gutier rez back on the south, and is now en gaged in repelling repeated assaults by Ortiz on the north. Three cannon were captured by Bonilla. At the time the message was sent Ortiz was preparing to attack in force. Vasqnez said he could hold out indefinitely. An Old Paper Changes Hands, Dalton, Ga,., Feb. 12. —J. T. Whit man, former editor; and proprietor of the North Georgia Citizen, of this city, has bought the Madison Madisonian and will, in a few davs, take charge. His son, George W. Whitman, will be asso ciated with him in his new field. MURDER~AND~ CANNIBALISM. Shocking: Conduct oi Russian Officials in a Convict Prison. London, Feb. 12. — A dispatch from St. Petersburg says: “The government commission which investigated the scandals in the convict prison at Onor, on the Island of Sagha lien, reports that there have been in stances without number of merciless cases of beatings, lopping off of fingers and aims by sabre strokes, while canni balism, under stress of famine, has beer, common. “Murder followed by cannibalism, has been frequent, with the sole object of ending a misserable existence. Several convicts have disputed .to be convicted of murder when not guilty. “During 1892 there was an almost continuous string -of convoys carrying corpses of convicts from Onor to By kovskaya, the residence of the authori ties. In nearly every case the .bodies were shockingly mutilated. “Convicts who fail to work on account physical incapability were put on half diet and when it became apparent that they could per fornijno further duty, they were dispatched like animals with a re volver.” PRINCESS COLONNA ARRIVED The Story that She Hail Left Pari.Turin Out to Be True. New York, Feb. 12.—The dispatch from Paris last week, announcing the departure of the Princess Colonna, which was afterward denied, has been verified by the presence of the princess herself who has arrived here on the steamer New York from Southampton. She was accompanied by her step brother, J. W. Mackay, Jr., and her three chil dren. Mrs. Mackay, her mother, is still liv ing in London. When the New York drew into her dock Mr. Mackay, the princess's step-father, was waiting with his business partner. Mr. Mackay de clined to discuss the ass tirs of his daugh ter. As soon as tbe gang plank was lowered the princess descended from the steamer, followed by her brother, her maid and the three children, who were dressed in natty Italian sailor costumes. They immediately entered carriages and drove off. NO CONVICTS NEED APPLY. Macon Will Use Only Free Labor on Her Sewers. Macon, Ga., Feb. 12.—Macon will not allow convicts to be employed on her new sanitary sewers to be construct ed at a cost of $200,000. Chairman Carling, of the city council, sprung the matter at the advisory meet ing, and entered his earnest protest against the employment of convict labor in the construction of the sewers, and by his earnest opposition firmly estab lished himself as the friend of free labor. The sentiments of Mr. Carling were cor dially and unanimously endorsed by the other members of the meeting, and it was emphatically agreed that no convict labor shall be employed on the sewers. So opposed is Mr. Carling to the em ployment or convict labor in any field where it can possibly be in competition with free labor he is almost constrained to take the position that no brick or other material made by convict labor should be allowed to be used in the con struction of sewers. However, he and the committee will not go to this extent, and they will rest satisfied simply to de clare that no convicts shall be employed in the work of constructing the sewers. Bidders can. therefore, govern them selves accordingly. ROME- UA„ TUESDAY MORNING, FEBKUAKY 13, STORM IN ENGLAND. A Peculiar Featuie Is the De struction of Churches. A NUMBER OF THEM DOWN. Houses Are Unroofed and Creat Damage to Ship ping Reported. London, u eb. 12.—The gale tnat set in in Great Britain Saturday night con tinued to gain in violence and in the af ternoon the wind was blowing with hurri cane force. Telegraphic communication has been greatly interfered with, and details of the damage done are being re ceived very slowly. A peculiar feature ot the storm was the destruction wrought among churches. At Teignmouth, in Devonshire, a church in the course of erection was enJ tirely destroyed. Tbe spire of St. Mary's church, at Shrewsbury, county of Salop, was blown down. At Petersborough, county of North ampton, the pinnacle of the Parish church of St. John, was blown over, and the glass roof «>f the Great Eastern railway station was destroyed. The English Presbyterian church, at Holywell, Flintshire. Wales, was also ®mong the buildings wrecked. The bearding school and many dwell ing houses in town were also blown down. At Newport, in South Wales, roofs were blown off a number of-houses, it is feared that there has been many wrecks along the coast. Several vessels have gone ashore off Margate and Ramsgate, Isle -of Thanet Devonshire. A dispatch from Greenock states that the Norwegian barks Bertie and Tan cred have been wrecked there. The quay at Port Glasgow was carried away. The British bark Wilhelm Tell, from Calcutta, while discharging a car go at Alexandria aock Hull, was sunk by the gale. A dispatch from Flushing, Holland, says the British bark Gatesville is ashore: Danish schooner May ashore on Kaloot bank. In the House. Washington, Feb. 12. — This is Dis trict of Columbia day in the house. Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, called up the urgent deficiency bill. It made an appropriation of §50.000 for the en forcement of the Chinese exclusion act and various amounts for the payment ot United States witnesses. As there was a disposition to debate the bill, Brecken idge withdrew it and Mr. Hoard proceeds ded with tlie District of Columbia busi ness. At the request of Mr. Tucker, Mr. S. S. Turner, a newly elected member from the Seventh Virginia district, to succeed Governor O’Farrell, was sworn and took liis seat. Reported Without Itecommcnuiition. Washington, Feb. 12. —The senate committee on the judiciary decided to report Mr. Peckham’s nomination to the senate without recommendation. Senator Host was absent and tlie com mittee were divided evenly in its vote. Messis. George, Vilas. Lindsay, Platt and Mitchel-1 voting for confirmation, Messrs. Pugh, coke, Hill, Zeller and Wilson against. Bland Will Take a Hand. Washington, Feb. 12.—1 n view of the differences of opinion regarding the Bland seignorage bill, as it stands, it is understood that Mr. Bland himself will offer several amendments to the meas ure which will materially change it. Thousands' of Partridges Shipped. Quitman, Ga.. Feb. 12.—About one month ago Mr. K. H. Williams inserted a short notice in The Free Press to the effect that he wanted live partridges. All sorts and conditions of people camo in with them until he had to cry out enough. In that short time Mr. Wil liams bought and shipped 1,600 par tridges. During that time other parties have shipped half as many more, and counting those shipped previous to tha time, and used in town, it is probable that fully 3,000 live partridges have been shipped out of Brooks count}’ in the last two months. It looks like this would soon thin out the Bob Whites. Ail Enterprising Citizen. Lavonia, Ga., Feb. 12. —Lavonia has -pne of the most enterprising men in the county. He is a practicing physician, sole proprietor of a canning factory, keeps a livery stable, runs a drug store, confectionery store, and has q good farm out of town and a few houses he would like to rent, and it is rumored that he will put up a boarding house. Joan of Arc’. Beatification. Rome. Feb. 12.—The Moniteur pub lishes a decree announcing the beatifica tion of Joan of Arc. The pope will issue documents showing that beatification is in accord with the private records of successive pontificates. Tlie Senoy Pictures Sold Well. New York, Feb. 12.—The sale of the Bcray collection has been concluded. The total amount realized from the sale was §213,705. Tlie highest price paid for any one picture was §8.200 for Knaus's “Coffee Hour.” a canvas 26 by 18 1-2 inches. The next highest was §7,- 000 for the “Edge of the Wood, Fon tainebleau,” by Diaz. Ingalls Drubs It. Nashville, Tenn , Feb. 12. —Hon. J. i J. Ingalls says the dispatch sent out re-1 ferring to his conversion by Rev. Sam I Jones was not true. He had expressed | bis pleasure at meeting Mr. Jones, and j endorsed his sermon—that was all. LONG DELAY. Crew of the Kearsage Were in • Crave Danger. HAVE ALL BEEN RESCUED. Those Controlling the Steam ship Para Indulge in Circumlocution. Washington, Feb. 12.—The secretary of the navy has received a dispatch from the Panama Railroad company stating that the steamer City of Para had just arrived at Colon with Admiral Stanton and officers and the crew of the Kear sage. All are safe and well. A few minutes after 11 o’clock Secre tary Herbert received a dispatch from Admiral Stanton confirming the news sent by the Panama Railroad company. It was very brief, and read as follows: | Colon, Feb. 12.—Arrived. Shall we sail for Nqw York on City of Para on 14th? ' (Signed.) Stanton. The crew of the United States cruiser I Kearsage was reached at noon Saturday. I Only one man was drowned. He was a i second class fireman named Anderson i Robins. The good old war ship was abandoned on Roncador reef, with the stars and stripes still flying at her peak. The steamship City of Para, with the crew of the Kearsage on board, will leave the port of Colon for New York on Wednesday next. The greatest anxiety has been felt at I the navy department over the fate of the • brave officers and crew of the Corvette ; Kearsage, which went ashore on Ronca- I dor Reef on tlie evening of Feb. 2. For i eight days 175 men have been living on I a little patch of sand less than three I acres in extent, in constant danger of j being washed into the sea. While it is I known that they have provisions enough ; to last theffi until help can reach them, :it is also tl.at they are without : fresh .vat<. r to drink. There is the keen ] est apprec ation here of the fact that all ■ of the mei must have suffered the agon j ies of th: rst in the tropics, if indeed ; many of tljiem have not succumbed to the terrible torture. The brackish water which can be found by digging on the cay is not only unfit for drinking purposes, but surely breeds malignant fevers, even when used I for cooking purposes, and should the ' sailors yield to the temptation to drink j it it is certain they would all be attack :<1 ! by various painful and dangerous dis eases. The delay of 30 hours occasioned by tlie heartless conduct of the Pacific Mail and Panama railroad companies in re fusing to permit the ship to leave until the department had accepted the exorbi ! tant rate charged for the attempt to r. s- • cue the castaways has aroused great in dignation here among public men as well as in naval circles. Much bitterness characterizes the dis cussion in the navy department, where every officer lias a personal knowledge of the enormous expenditure of time ar d money that has been occasioned in the past by the efforts of the navy to protect the interests of the Panama canal and the Pacific Mail Steamship company on the isthmus. Early Thursday morning Secretary Herbert telegraphed the Pacific Mail Steamship company in New York, re questing them to co-operate with their agent in Colon in enabling Lieutenant Brainard to get the Para started at the earliest moment. No reply was received from the Pacific Mail company, but at 4:30 p. m the following message from the office came over the long distance teiphone: “To the Secretary of Navy: The Pa cific Mail Steamship company has refer red to us instructions in reference to the secretary’s that he sent. This company operates the ships under charter. We want any message that you may have to the Panama Railroad company to be sent to E. A. Drake, No. 169 West Senventy-fourth street, tonight only, to morrow to No. 29 Broadway.” The fact that the agents of the Pana ma Railroad company should make a point of demanding that any message re garding the Para should be repeated to them when they well knew the crying necessity for hastening the departure of the Para, aroused the righteous indig nation of Secretary Herbert and his aides; but realizing that there was but one vessel available for the trip and that she was entirely controlled by thegree iy Panama Railroad company, a dispatch was quickly forwarded to Mr. Drake re peating the request which had been made fully seven hours before of the Pacific Mail company’s agent. In reply to this. Secretary Herbert re ceived the following telegram: “Hilary Herbert, Secretary of the Na vy, Washington: Your dispatch to E. A. Drake, secretary, received, alid we cable to Colon to send the Para to the relief of the officers and men of the Kearsage. “As the Para is a chartered and in sured vessel, and prohibited from devia ting from her regular route, we were obliged to specially insure her for own ers’ benefit, and such cargo as is on board for our risk. This we have done at a cost of §3,500, and direct our agent to make agreement covering these con ditions. “To afford the immediate relief de manded the Para cannot wait to take the whole cargo, but must return to Colon to finish loading. Owners requh 3 §2,500 and expenses for the trip to the reef and return to Cplon to resume the schedule with connecting lines. Trans portation to New York will be adjusted at Colon. John Newton, President Panama Railroad Co.” It will be seen that the railroad com pany not only insisted that the depart ment should guarantee the payment of §6,000, but proposed also to charge the entire expenses of the trip, and in addi tion the fares of tho castaways from Colon to New York. These fares, at an average rate of §SO, wmil ! amount to §8,750, and it is expected that at least §3,000 will be charged for coal and the incidental expenses of the trip, coal be ing put in at the usual exorbitant rates "L? 3 ’jeiiil b.v tbw .*>.l . » isthmus, where the Facinc Man ana Panama people control a monopoly with which they frequently levy tribute on the navy. It is probable, therefore, that the department will be called upon to pay at least §17,750 for the rescue of the Kearsage’s company, nearly all of which will be clear profit to the giant monop oly that controls the isthmus trade, for the Para will lose neither her regular trip nor her customary cargo. STRUCK A SUNKEN WRECK. Steamer With a Valuable Cargo Is Towed Into Port. Halifax, N. B.,Feb. 12.—Thesteamer Forest Holme, Captain Johnson, which sailed from Westpoint, Va., Jan. 29 for Liverpool, arrived at midnight towed by steamer Priam, Captain Thom son, which sailed from New York Feb. 3 for Liverpool. The Forest Holme has a valuable cargo of cotton and cotton oil cake. Everything went well until the night of Jan. 31, when while going at full speed the ship struck a sunken wreck in latitude 39.3 longitude 67.07 west and her tail shaft was broken and the propeller carried away. She drifted helplessly about until the evening of Feb. 7, when the Priam met her and took her in tow. They were within bOO miles of Halifax. The weather was very stormy and the vessels broke apart several times during the tow and Thurs day Priam had to keep pouring oil on the water to keep down the sea. The Forest Holme taking very badly and both steamers sustaining some damage by the stress of weather. THE PALMETTO BRAND. Governor Tillman’s Fight in Washington Over His Trade Mark. Washington, Feb. 12.—Therehas just been another legal step taken that will prolong the fight between Governor Till man, of South Carolina, and the com missioner of patents over the granting of a trade mark for the palmetto brand of whisky. An appeal from the com missioner’s refusal to grant the trade mark was taken to the circuit court on a petition for a writ of mandamus, and which was granted by that court. The commissioner carried this decision to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, where it was reversed. J. Alpheus Johnson, attorney for Governor Tillman, entered an appeal against the decision of the court of appeals, and the case will now be carried to the supremo court of the United States. A BLIZZARD IN CHICAGO. The Worst in Twenty-Three Years anil Xai»y People Injured. Chicago, Feb. 12. —The worst bliz zard which ever struck this city, so far as the weather bureau records show .for 23 years, is raging here. Street traffic is greatly impeded and walking is accom panied with great danger to life and • limb. Many persons have already been injured by being bjpwn to the gro’-iir', j against walls and posts by the wind Tiie velocity is 60 miles an hour, the highest ever recorded lor this city, and almost double the velocity of wind is blowing a blizzard in the western states. Newspaper Damaged by Fire. Greenville, S. C., Feb. 12.—The Daily News office here has been badly damaged by fire. Smoke and water made the editorial and composing rooms on the second floor appear soaked and blackened wrecks, but much material there will be saved. Water was a foot I deep in the press and paper room in the basement. The loss cannot yet be esti mated, but it is probably fully covered by insurance of §6,000. The origin of , the fire is a mystery. The night force had gone off at 8 o’clock, and the office ; was closed. An employe had stepped in at 10:30 o’clock and found ulj safe then, j The fire seemed to have been Burning ‘ half an hour when discovered. Sunday . is the only day in the week on which I the office is vacant, even for an hour, j night or day. There are suspicions of ! incendiarism, although no facts are now ( known to confirm them. The Daily' News will be issued as usual. To Increase the Yield of Cotton. Waynesboro, Ga., Feb. 12.—There I will be a meeting held Tuesday at the ' farfn of Mr. Moses Wadley, of ELawton- ! ville to form a club of 12 good farmers I to test the yield of one acre of cotton. | Hon. T. J. Brinson, who has quite a rep-' utation as a farmer, will be a member of: the club. Weather Forecast. Washington, Feb. 12.—Forecast till 8 p. m., Tuesday—For North Carolina heavy rain, probably changing to snow j by Tuesday morning, decidedly colder I Tuesday, high easterly shifting to north westerly winds. South Carolina, Geor gia—Heavy rain, probably turning to snow in northern portion tonight, fol lowed Wednesday by clearing, severe cold wave, high easterly shifting to northwesterly winds. Eastern Florida —Rain, followed Wednesday by clear ing, colder, west to northwest winds. Western Florida—fair tonight and Tues- j day, colder, high west to northwest j winds. Alabama and Mississippi—Fair, I probably preceded by snow in northern | portions, colder, severe cold wave to night, northwesterly winds. Prohibition won. Tate, Ga., Feb. 12.—The last election on the whisky question in Ball Ground, resulted in a victory for the dry ticket, and now the sale of intoxicating liquors .s prohibited in every town, except one, on the Mirietta and North Georgia: road. Talking Rock is still wet. None ' i Os the towns off the railroads allows the ! sale of liquor, and tho rural districts are : ] becoming such a network of schools and churches that, under the three mile la v,' i tlwre is no spot left for a barroom. \ prohibition fight will be made at T... ing Reek. PRICE MVE CENTS. AN ASSIGNMENT f Made by W. M. Gammon & Co., to R. C. Clark. THE STRESS OF THE TIMES Forces One of Our Commercial Pillars to the Wall —Mr. Gammon in New York. W. M. Gammon & Co. have made an assignment to R. G. Clark for the bene fit of their creditors. The news of this fact was a great shock to the com munity when it spread over the city yesterday. Very few people knew that that the firm was in serious trouble, and the Intelligene of it had an effect very much like the cold wave which struck the town about the same time. The failure seems to be due to the stress of the times. With high stand ing, a long and honorable record and 1 large assets, the Messrs. Gammon were ! unable to realize on goods and accounts : as fast as their debts matured, and as a result they were forced to make, an as signment,. This conveyance, drawn by Captain T. N. Featherston,was executed yesterday and the title to the stock of goods in Anniston and Rome, with all ' notes and acounts is vested in R. G. Clark, assignee. Insurance policies ■ aggregating §30,000 were also transferred ' to the assignee yesterday. The other papers filed in the case are 1 mortgages aggregating §8,355, given with one exception, to secure local cred itors. These were filed in the clerk’s office about dark Saturday evening. ( The names and amounts are’ as follows: MORTGAGES. j Hackett, Carhart & Co, of New York, i §1,660.90. First National Bank of Anniston, §SOO. The town of East Rome, for which - Mr. Gammon is treasurer, §1,544.70. , Mrs. Jane Bowie, §1,650. I Captain R. G. Clark, §2,000. Merchants’ National Bank. Rome, §l,- ■ 000. ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. i Careful inquiry elicits the fact that the liabilities of the firm are about §40,- j 000. and the assets at face value some f' thing over §70,000. This amount in i eludes the stocks of clothing and gents’ •; furnishing goods at Rome and Anniston, , I valued at about §50,000 and the notes’ , : and acouunts, amounting to twenty > j odd thousand dollars. The value of , the S 3 assets will depend largely upon : the manner in which they are handled, iAt forced sale they would necessarily ! shrink a great deal, as any kind of prop- II erty does when forced to sale at such a : time as the present. If handled other- _ I wise the result would be very much j better and would no doubt leave both ' | the firm and its creditors a great deal i' more. •' | EAST ROME SE( URE. ■ I It will be noticed that the town of ] East Rome is secured and there may be i ' some delay, the m«mey will doubtless be , available by the time it is needed for , the water works extension. ’ MR. GAMMON IN NEW YORK. ' Mr. Gammon is in New York, where ’ he went a few days ago on business for • the firm. The nature of his business is not known, but it is supposed that he went there for a conference with cred ’ itors. A DULL MEE T ING. ’ Only Routine BurilneHs Transacted by the City Council Last Night. I | The city council met last night. Pres i; ent, Mayor S. S. King, Councilmen Printup, Satterfield, Mathis, Griffin, Mc ; Clure, Underwood and Wright. Min ' utes of last meeting were read and ap -1 proved. The appeal cases of J. A. Jen kins and J. P. Perkins ame up, an ap- I peal from the recorder’s court, each hav ing paid a fine of §7.50. They were I fined §3.00 each by the mayor and coun cil. | The petition of G. W. Edwards, ask j ing the city council to donate d to them, i land formerly owned by the town of De i Soto, and used as a burying ground for ' colored people, to add to their cemetery, i Referred to the following special com- I mittee: Councilmen Griffin, Wright, I Williamson mayor. The monthly report of the city treas i urer, was received and referred to the finance committee. The city sexton re ported five interments for January, all I white, two of which were non-resid< nts. The petition of R. G. Cross and others ■in regard to the part of East Second I street leadin'?* from 1' nth avenue to I the public school buildbig, was referred to the street committee The petition of committee from No. 4 fire company, asking the council to deed them part of a lot owned by the city, to build on and improve, for the benefit of the com | pany, was referred to a special eommit- I tee, Messrs. Printup, McClure and Mc -1 Donald. GEN. P. M. B- YOUNG, Tbe Minister to Ganteinala, at Home cn Vacation--Death at Kingston. Mrs. Nancy Reid, a former citizen of Kingston, died in Atlanta on the 10th of February, and her remains were brought to Kingston on the 11th, accom j panied by her three daughters and son. i The was met at the depot by kind sympathizing friends and conducted to the Baptist church, where the funeral services were conductd by Rev. E. R. Barrett, the pastor, in a very impressive manner. Tlie procession went to the cemetery and the body of the departed loved one was consigned to the silent tomb. The bereaved ones have the sympathies of our people. Mrs. Reid was 54 years of age and has bt en a great sufferer for years. Gen. P. M. B. Young, minister to Guatamala, honored our little city last week, visiting his many friends, th< guest of his sist< r, Mrs. Dr. Thomas F. Jones, near Kin-ion. I was pn ;:d to hear General Young i ndorst General Evans for governin’. If. spoke in the highest terms of the General and gild he was his tiv-t . ’ini. .■ in the state.